A Survey of Vibe Coding with Large Language Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12399v1
• Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:26:56 GMT
• Title: A Survey of Vibe Coding with Large Language Models
• Authors: Yuyao Ge, Lingrui Mei, Zenghao Duan, Tianhao Li, Yujia Zheng, Yiwei Wang, Lexin Wang, Jiayu Yao, Tianyu Liu, Yujun Cai, Baolong Bi, Fangda Guo, Jiafeng Guo, Shenghua Liu, Xueqi Cheng,
• Abstract summary: "Vibe Coding" is a development methodology where developers validate AI-generated implementations through outcome observation.<n>Despite its transformative potential, the effectiveness of this emergent paradigm remains under-explored.<n>This survey provides the first comprehensive and systematic review of Vibe Coding with large language models.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The advancement of large language models (LLMs) has catalyzed a paradigm shift from code generation assistance to autonomous coding agents, enabling a novel development methodology termed "Vibe Coding" where developers validate AI-generated implementations through outcome observation rather than line-by-line code comprehension. Despite its transformative potential, the effectiveness of this emergent paradigm remains under-explored, with empirical evidence revealing unexpected productivity losses and fundamental challenges in human-AI collaboration. To address this gap, this survey provides the first comprehensive and systematic review of Vibe Coding with large language models, establishing both theoretical foundations and practical frameworks for this transformative development approach. Drawing from systematic analysis of over 1000 research papers, we survey the entire vibe coding ecosystem, examining critical infrastructure components including LLMs for coding, LLM-based coding agent, development environment of coding agent, and feedback mechanisms. We first introduce Vibe Coding as a formal discipline by formalizing it through a Constrained Markov Decision Process that captures the dynamic triadic relationship among human developers, software projects, and coding agents. Building upon this theoretical foundation, we then synthesize existing practices into five distinct development models: Unconstrained Automation, Iterative Conversational Collaboration, Planning-Driven, Test-Driven, and Context-Enhanced Models, thus providing the first comprehensive taxonomy in this domain. Critically, our analysis reveals that successful Vibe Coding depends not merely on agent capabilities but on systematic context engineering, well-established development environments, and human-agent collaborative development models.

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